2.4 ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6
- 2016: 2.5
- 2021: 2.4
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Brighton · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Brighton
How families and households are made up across the area.
More than a quarter of people in Brighton live on their own, making it a place where single-person households are more common than in most other areas. While family homes are still the norm, the area sees a higher proportion of solo residents compared to the state and national figures.
2.4
▼ -7.7%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Brighton — lower than 57% of areas.
Households
Average household size.
The typical home in Brighton has 2.4 people, which is about the same as the Victorian and national figures. However, 27.8% of people live alone, which is a little above the national average of 25.6%.
27.8% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 27.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Brighton, the largest group is 2 people at 35%, followed by 1 person (28%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up 60.6% of families here. In contrast, one-parent families account for 10.0%, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
10.0% ▲ +4.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Brighton, Couples with children is the majority at 61%; Couples without children is next at 29%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Brighton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20337/brighton/topic/family-households